cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100

Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    13 hours ago

    Theres only 2 times I have headaches due to being on linux.

    1. When I’m streaming, the streaming service I use (typically Amazon) refuses to stream at anything higher than like 320p, despite me enabling the DRM and all that stuff, cause they think if you’re on linux you’re the l33t h4x0rz out to steal their garbage files… Which isnt linuxes fault in the least.

    2. When I’m playin a game thats not easily moddable (like Cyberpunk) (Compared to easily moddable games, like Bethesda titles, or Stardew, Or Minecraft)that requires running tons of extra executables and stuff. its just a pain in the ass to get shit working, to the point I often give up half way through.

    other than that, Linux really hasnt been a barrier to my daily life in any way. Granted, I kind of cultivated myself a proper linux enviroment before I even made the switch, by using AMD gear, and buying linux friendly web cams/printers/blue tooth dongles/etc etc.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      Not sure if you’re exaggerating the low resolution, but I haven’t noticed quality issues on Amazon. I doubt the stream I’m getting is 4k, but it’s certainly better than 720p.

      I’m using the flatpak firefox from the fedora install instructions that comes with more codecs, though. It plays a bunch of video that VLC won’t render with my current setup and I haven’t yet put the effort into getting full codecs outside of Firefox yet, but maybe your system has a similar codec situation and prime video defaults to some old or neglected format that caps out at the res you see.

      Or it could be what you think and for some reason my system isn’t triggering it. Argh, this future is annoying.